Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A man who puts 'is stock first is acting for what 'e thinks is t'best , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | ‘ 'E 's been lookin' in Sergeant Joe 's private bag . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Everyone calls 'im Sergeant Joe , 'e 's been in the Army , yer see . ’ |
| 4 | With reference to War Office letter of 3rd March 1945 regarding your husband Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , I am directed to inform you that in view of the length of time which has elapsed since Lieutenant Cairns was reported missing , during which no news of him has been received from any source , the Department has reluctantly , and with deep regret , reached the conclusion that he lost his life . |
| 5 | Thousands of books have been written about the poet 's life and work , his family and friends have been scrutinised , and every place connected with him has been sought out . |
| 6 | GREENE 'S '50s novel of a naively evil American agent in Indo-China and the cynical English hack who befriends him has been timely ever since it was published . |
| 7 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 8 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 9 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 10 | Oh , so you think that the whole appreciation of John Major , the whole perception of him has been knocked sideways by the press 's need |
| 11 | He thinks the only good reason for enforcing statutes whose wisdom he doubts is to protect the legislature 's ability to coordinate social behaviour . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's a rebel , and the one thing he hates is an old family . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He hates being on the road , ’ said Marco . |
| 14 | He hates being called Matthew , his actual real name is Arthur Matthew , and if you put those initials down A M D , it sounds like a transport company . |
| 15 | Benson 's owner Denise Taylor , of Brockett Close , Newton Aycliffe , said : ‘ He hates being on a lead . |
| 16 | Scarcely a point he plays is n't played to the limit . |
| 17 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 18 | The way he plays is quite unbelievable . |
| 19 | The well known picture of the flautist that appears as the frontispiece of his Principes de la flûte traversière ( Paris , 1707 ) is assumed to be a portrait of Jacques himself ; the instrument he plays is the archetype of the early three-piece flute ( illus.2 ) . |
| 20 | He 's , I , he , the way he plays is virtually unique , is n't he ? |
| 21 | And he goes , he goes are you |
| 22 | Because where he goes is a smaller school where they go and erm I think something like that is nice for them to actually |
| 23 | Anyway so he goes is James there and I went yeah and he goes mm , so I went I think so , I 'd better go and get him had n't I |
| 24 | She takes her clothes off , he goes am I ? |
| 25 | It is so grave , because , on any view , the putting to death of a human being by the society to which he belongs is an appalling act , calculated in itself rather to familiarise that society with the taking of life than to heighten the sense of life being held sacred . |
| 26 | The seller should of course resist such warranties because of their vagueness , and insist that , if he is to give such a warranty , the purpose should be clearly specified in the contract , with sufficient detail to enable him to be sure that the goods that he supplies are in fact suitable for that purpose . |
| 27 | But at that point hope is cruelly dashed , for the food he supplies is that terrible mound of quails . |
| 28 | Now he is a minister of a church in Houston , where among the prayers he offers is one to be allowed to fight Tyson for the world title . |
| 29 | Now he is a minister of a church in Houston , where among the prayers he offers is one to be allowed to fight Tyson for the world title . |
| 30 | Even in the reference section at the end of the book the most he offers is to say that by studying the Buddha image we can learn more about Eastern art ‘ than if we read a good many surveys of these fields ’ . |